TNFSF12

Tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 12
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsTNFSF12 ; APO3L; DR3LG; TWEAK
External IDsOMIM: 602695 MGI: 1196259 HomoloGene: 7979 GeneCards: TNFSF12 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez874221944
EnsemblENSG00000239697ENSMUSG00000097328
UniProtO43508O54907
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_003809NM_011614
RefSeq (protein)NP_003800NP_035744
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
7.45 – 7.46 Mb
Chr 11:
69.68 – 69.7 Mb
PubMed search

Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12 also known as TNF-related weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNFSF12 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This protein is a ligand for the FN14/TWEAKR receptor. This cytokine has overlapping signaling functions with TNF, but displays a much wider tissue distribution. This cytokine can induce apoptosis via multiple pathways of cell death in a cell type-specific manner. This cytokine is also found to promote proliferation and migration of endothelial cells, and thus acts as a regulator of angiogenesis.[3]

Clinical signficance

NFAT1 regulates the expression of TWEAKR and its ligand TWEAK (this protein) with lipocalin 2 to increase breast cancer cell invasion.[4]

References

  1. Chicheportiche Y, Bourdon PR, Xu H, Hsu YM, Scott H, Hession C, Garcia I, Browning JL (Jan 1998). "TWEAK, a new secreted ligand in the tumor necrosis factor family that weakly induces apoptosis". J Biol Chem 272 (51): 32401–10. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.51.32401. PMID 9405449.
  2. Marsters SA, Sheridan JP, Pitti RM, Brush J, Goddard A, Ashkenazi A (Aug 1998). "Identification of a ligand for the death-domain-containing receptor Apo3". Curr Biol 8 (9): 525–8. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70204-0. PMID 9560343.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: TNFSF12 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 12".
  4. Gaudineau B, Fougère M, Guaddachi F, Lemoine F, de la Grange P, Jauliac S (October 2012). "Lipocalin 2, the TNF-like receptor TWEAKR and its ligand TWEAK act downstream of NFAT1 to regulate breast cancer cell invasion". J. Cell. Sci. 125 (Pt 19): 4475–86. doi:10.1242/jcs.099879. PMID 22767506.

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